NCCAAPM 2007 Spring Meeting Agenda

Fairview Ridges Education Center – 152 Cobble Stone Lane, Burnsville MN

Friday, May 4, 2007

 

NCC Spring Symposium 2007*

 

7:45–8:10 am              Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:10–8:15 am              Welcome, Introductions and Announcements

8:15–9:45 am              Morning Session (30 min)

           

             Moderated Vendor Products and Announcements – Walter Tang (Moderator)            

 

             Raj Varadhan, MS - Adaptive Radiotherapy

            Jie Zhang, PhD – Transient Radiation Effects on Pacemaker Function

            from CT Scans.

           

9:45–10:15 am            Coffee Break (Vendor display area)

10:15–11:45 am          Morning Session continued – (45 min)

             Yildirim Mutaf, PhD - Optimization of internal margin to account for

             intrafractional motion. Download pdf (1.4 MB)

             Bruce Thomadsen, PhD – Update on TG #100 – QA in Radiation Therapy. Download pdf (91 KB)

             Bruce Thomadsen, PhD and Mark Towsley, M.S.– Point/Counterpoint on

            TG #100 and TG #40 – QA in Radiation Therapy.

             Morning Follow-up Questions/Answers

11:45–12:30 pm          Lunch Break

12:30–1:30 pm            NCC AAPM Business Meeting / Short break time permitting

1:30–2:15 pm              Young Investigator Presentations Part 1 (12-15 minutes)

                                Jessica Fagerstrom (LDeWerd) - DVS MOSFET dosimeter response to

kilovoltage radiation. Download pdf (363 KB)

Brian Rasmussen (LDeWerd) - Response of LiF:Mg,Ti TLDs to LDR. Download pdf (494 KB)

brachytherapy sources relative to Co-60.

Jacqueline Usher (LDeWerd) - Calculating the Air-Kerma Strength and

Dose-Rate Constant of I-125 and Pd-103 Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy. Download pdf (502 KB)

Sources Using Spectra Measured With a High Purity Germanium Spectrometer.

2:15–2:40 pm              Coffee Break (Vendor display area)

2:40–3:20 pm              Young Investigator Presentations Part 2 (12-15 minutes)

Adam Schoen (BGerbi) - Dose verification at the surface of air cavities during 
radiation therapy using the TomoTherapy Hi-Art system. Download pdf (1.5 MB)
Ryan Chamberlain (MGarwood)– RASER; An new ultra-Fast Mag Res Imaging Method. Download pdf (2.9 MB)  
Chris Overbeck (SHui) - Image Quality Enhancement in MVCT Scanning. Download pdf (2.7 MB) 
                                                            Mark Geurts (BThomadsen) - PET quantification of non-pure positron emitting
                                                             radioisotopes: 90Y case study.  Download pdf (1.3 MB)

                                Follow-up Questions/Answers for Students

3:40 pm                       Student Awards

3:45–4:15 pm              Final Presentation (30 min)

                                 Eun Young Han, PhD - Evaluation of surface and superficial dose for head and neck 
                                 treatments using conventional or  intensity-modulated techniques.
                      
                                 Follow-up Questions/Answers

4:15 pm                       Meeting Conclusion






*Approved for 5 CAMPEP and 6 MDCB Credits.
 
 
Pre-Registration:             Email Parham Alaei to register for this event at: alaei001@umn.edu 
Other Contacts:              mtowsley@mropa.com or wltang_mrpc@yahoo.com 
 
Registration Fees:           $10.00 US pre-register by April 27; $15.00 US on-site
                                     Pre-registrations can be paid at the meeting site; please register early to help planning.
 
Directions:                     See website: http://chapter.aapm.org/nccaapm/2007SpringMeeting.html
Parking info:                   Free parking; Surface parking lot on-site
Hotels:                           See website:  http://chapter.aapm.org/nccaapm/2007SpringMeeting.html